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Show 144 for the corresponding week last year. Chicken pox leads the list with a total of 28 new cases. Strep infections in-fections came second with 17 and poliomyelitis and measles were third with 12 cases each. The following is a list of all diseases for the week: cancer, 1; chicken pox, 28; diphtheria, 3; gonorrhea, 1; measles, 12; German Ger-man measles, 1; mumps, 6; poliomyelitis, polio-myelitis, 12; strep infections, 17; gastro-enteritis, 1; meningitis (non-epid.), 1; ringworm of the scalp, 2; occupational diseases, 2. HEALTH ' NEWS J According to the weekly bulletin bulle-tin of the state department of health, a total of 87 new cases of communicable diseases were reported re-ported for the week ending November No-vember 14th as compared with 142 for the previous week and |